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Gene-Editing Hack Yields Pinpoint Precision
A painstaking re-engineering of the CRISPR gene-editing system has given researchers the ability to alter individual DNA letters efficiently in a given gene.
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Rules For Cyberwarfare Still nclear, Even as .s. Engages In It
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...
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Hyper Vision
There is something special happening in a generic office park in an uninspiring suburb near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Self-Driving Cars, Meet Rubber Duckies
A course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory aimed to create a fleet of duckie-adorned self-driving...
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Droning On
University of Delaware professor Guoquan Huang has received a two-year grant to design resource-aware, attack-resilient, consistent micro aerial vehicle navigation...
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Triple Threat: of T Computer Scientist Combines Machine Learning, Robotics, and Computer Vision
Raquel Urtasun is specializing in creating algorithms to help computers make decisions previously reserved for humans.
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Robotic Consensus
Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...
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Zoo of Theories Showcased in Publications on Lhc Anomaly
Hints of a new subatomic particle at the world’s most powerful atom smasher have inspired theoretical physicists to write more than 300 papers in the past four...
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Who's the Michael Jordan of Computer Science? New Tool Ranks Researchers' Influence
Last fall, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, Washington, launched a challenge to Google Scholar, PubMed, and other online search engines...
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Mit's Teaching AI How to Help Stop Cyberattacks
Finding evidence that someone compromised your cyber defenses is a grind.
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Cybersecurity Is Harder Than Building Bridges
Cybersecurity is a complex and messy challenge, but there are indications it can be improved.
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New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters
Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.
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You Want to Build an Empire Like Google's? This Is Your Os
Google called it Borg, and for many years, it was among the company's best-kept secrets.
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Europe Tried to Rein In Google. It Backfired.
Google is a top target for European regulators and privacy watchdogs, who openly fear and distrust its dominance.
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'Brainprints' Offer Better Security Than Fingerprints
Research into dyslexia has led to an unexpected breakthrough in security and identity verification with biometric "brainprints" that could one day replace fingerprints...
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Coding and Computers Help Spot Methane, Explosives
Duke University researchers are using software to improve the performance of chemical-sniffing mass spectrometers.
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Fair se Prevails as Supreme Court Rejects Google Books Copyright Case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined (PDF) to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild and other writers claiming Google's scanning of their books amounts to wanton...
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.
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Location Data on Two Apps Enough to Identify Someone, Says Study
Individuals can be identified by matching their movements across two datasets, according to researchers at Columbia University and Google.
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